Ari Kohn ’26
Leverett House
Intellectual Vitality Fellow
Ari Kohn, ’26 is concentrating in Social Studies. She is motivated by the social and cultural influence of Intellectual Vitality: how issues of free speech, academic freedom and civil discourse shape our every day interpersonal connections and community values. Through her experiences in ideologically diverse environments, she has experienced the meaningful relationships that are possible when we understand not just what people believe, but why–be it values, empirics or background. Through Intellectual Vitality Initiatives, Ari hopes to help strengthen the preconditions for dialogue at Harvard: radical curiosity and the premise of one another’s best intentions.